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Mclaren Prepares for Singapore 2008-09-17 20:39:58 The first Formula One night race at Singapore
in less than two weeks time will be a rather tricky event for the drivers as they face new conditions and a new circuit at once. Mclaren Mercedes has been working hard to make it easier for their drivers as the video below shows.
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I´m stunned… [...]
2 Easy Steps to Lose 3 Championships 2008-09-17 20:32:09 Team Peugeot Total came to Silverstone to clinch the Le Mans Series team-, driver- and manufacturers-championship last weekend. The French Lions left British soil empty handed though, suffering a rather unnecessary defeat.
Like at all other Le Mans Series rounds in 2008, the Peugeot 908 was the dominant car at Silverstone, leaving the Audi Sport squad [...] Read more:Championships
Italian Grand Prix - Vettel Mania 2008-09-15 20:17:45 A typical September afternoon in Monza. A German driver has just taken his Ferrari-powered car all the way from the pole position to the finish in dominant fashion, cheered by enthusiastic Italian
crew members.
But wait, something’s different. This is 2008 and the guy on the top of the podium isn’t Michael Schumacher - It’s Toro [...] Read more:Grand
, Mania
Joey Logano Home Depot Commercial 2008-09-14 15:53:20 Young Joey Logano will be taking over Tony Stewart’s legendary No. 20 Home Depot
car for the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season as the two-time champion has decided to be a driver/owner at Stewart-Haas Racing. To honor the event, Home Depot
has created the following quite humorous TV commercial.
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Nicknamed “Sliced Bread” (as in [...] Read more:Commercial
Diesel Ruins Racing - This Weekend at Least 2008-09-14 08:57:06 When Audi and Peugeot started bringing Diesel technology into top class sports car racing, many extremists were claiming that Diesel would be the ultimate end of all racing. They proved to be right, at least this weekend at the Nürburgring.
Yesterday’s seventh round of the Nürburgring Endurance Championship (VLN) had to be cancelled after just 28 [...] Read more:Racing
, Ruins
, Weekend
BMW M3 Spotted On The Lausitzring 2008-09-12 17:11:32 BMW Motorsport’s new BMW M3 E92 has recently been tested on the Eurospeedway Lausitzring.
The car will join the American Le Mans Class GT2 competition in 2009, taking the fight to Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Panoz and Corvette. Until then, the M3 is completing an extensive testing programme headed by BMW works drivers Jörg Müller & [...]
Race Weekend 12th - 14th September 2008-09-12 11:37:44 This weekend is packed with good racing as both the 2008 Formula One and NASCAR Sprint Cup seasons start to heat up while the Le Mans Series hosts its season finale at Silverstone.
Le Mans Series 1000km Silverstone
The final Le Mans Series round at Silverstone will be deciding three of four classes as the Overall, GT1 [...] Read more:September
, Weekend
F1 - A Lap Around Singapore 2008-09-12 09:34:45 To start things off (and test the built-in video player), here’s a very interesting video I found on Youtube.
Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber takes us around the new street circuit in Singapore
, the first ever street racing Grand Prix in South-East Asia.
The video features some very neat animtions and gives us a good look at [...]
Welcome To The GravelTrap 2008-09-12 09:29:57 Welcome to the GravelTrap, my newest blog project. I´m sure many of you know my oher blog VirtualR.net which is focused on virtual racing.
The GravelTrap is all about real motorsport and the stories surrounding it. I will be posting interesting links, stories and videos about my favorite racing series including NASCAR, endurance racing and more.
This [...] Read more:Welcome
Petit Le Mans Coming Up 2008-10-03 11:43:00 It’s that time of the year again. Most racing series are slowly heading towards their finale or have already ended (like the Le Mans Series) but the American Le Mans Series still has one of it’s main events left: The Petit
Le Mans.
Held at Road Atlanta, the thousand mile race was the foundation for the [...]
F1 - Ecclestone Proposes New Points System 2008-10-01 13:10:39 Formula One is still suffering from a pretty obvious lack of racing action, especially on-track overtaking moves. If you look at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, the only thing that saved this race from being as boring as Valencia was the safety car period and the following pitstop chaos.
Bernie Ecclestone has come up with a [...] Read more:Points
, System
A1GP - New Season Coming Up 2008-10-01 10:18:31 While all major motorsport series are slowly coming to an end, the A1GP series is gearing up for their new season. For the first time since the series’ maiden season in 2005, the A1GP will be using a brand new car supplied by technology partner Ferrari.
The new car is based on Ferrari’s F2004 Formula One [...] Read more:Season
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